زندگی و نوشته‌های لوئیزا د کارواخال و مندوزا (صدای دیگر در اروپا در دوران مدرن: مجموعه تورنتو) (جلد ۲۹)

Rejecting marriage and the convent, the Spanish noblewoman, poet, and religious activist Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza (Jaraicejo 1566–London 1614) led an uncommon life of adventure and spiritual devotion. Orphaned as a child, she lived first at Philip II’s court, and then with an uncle, the Viceroy of Navarra, who enforced harsh discipline on his ward. Through her contacts with the English Jesuits, Carvajal traveled secretly to London as a self-appointed missionary, where she was jailed twice for preaching against Anglicanism. A tireless writer, Carvajal left a small but impressive collection of spiritual poetry, an auto-biography, and over two hundred letters. This volume provides a scholarly introduction and translations of selections from her writings. “Luisa de Carvajal’s writings offer compelling accounts of the persecution of English recusants and insights into the political and diplomatic background to the pax hispanica. Her religious poetry and autobiographica Rejecting marriage and the convent, the Spanish noblewoman, poet, and religious activist Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza (Jaraicejo 1566-London 1614) led an uncommon life of adventure and spiritual devotion. Orphaned as a child, she lived first at Philip II's court, and then with an uncle, the Viceroy of Navarra, who enforced harsh discipline on his ward. Through her contacts with the English Jesuits, Carvajal traveled secretly to London as a self-appointed missionary, where she was jailed twice for preaching against Anglicanism. A tireless writer, Carvajal left a small but impressive collection of spiritual poetry, an auto-biography, and over two hundred letters. This volume provides a scholarly introduction and translations of selections from her writings. -- Amazon.com Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction The Other Voice Luisa de Carvajal’s Life Writings The World of the Spanish Nobility Early Childhood Reminiscences Adolescence and Penitential Discipline Spiritual Poetry The Sacred and the Profane in Carvajal’s Spiritual Poetry Correspondence Desire for Martyrdom in England Missionary Life in London A Roman Priest in Women’s Clothing The Traffic in Relics Circulating Her Life Story Luisa de Carvajal’s Afterlife Autobiography Selected Spiritual Poems Selected Correspondence of Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza Bibliography Index